Just seen this on the BBC News website (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/tyne/7891122.stm)

Keen knitters willing to help make a coat for a boat are being asked to contact a South Tyneside theatre.

I thought i'd seen it all with the mohair body suits......................

I thought i'd seen it all with the mohair body suits......................

I've got you down for the octopus and a couple of fish hats. (Not hats for fish - hats for people that look like fish. No not people that look like fish, the hats look like fish. Oh never mind, just get on with the octopus..............)

So it's a Newcastle Brown and 2 straws on wednesday then is it Jill?

If you don't fancy covering a boat, how about a bridge (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/highlands_and_islands/7894474.stm)?